Safety portable rubbish-burner.



.W. M. JACKSON.

SAFETY PORTABLE RUBBISH BURNER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 7, 1910.

962,148 Patented June 21, 1910.

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SAFETY PORTABLE RUBBISH-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J uric-21, 1910 Application filed. March 7, 1910. Serial No. 547,821.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. JACK- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middlebury, in the county of Addison and State of Vermont, have invented certain.

. from place to place and which, when the rubbish contained therein is set on fire, will absolutely prevent the burningcinders or embers from setting fire to any inflammable objects in the vicinity thereof.

It is well known that insurance companies refuse the right of setting fire to brush or other rubbish within a certain distance from buildings upon which they carry insurance. This device is designed by'its construction, being of the most part of wire mesh, four to six meshes to the inch, as more fully described hereinafter, to prevent the escape of cinders or sparks from the fire which is burningtherein while allowing free circulation of air through the same for the purpose of effecting a complete combustion of the rubbish material inelosed therein.

The device is exceedingly simple in construetion and may be made for slight cost and is designed for the purpose of bein easily port-able and is strong and cost 0 construction cheap.

In the drawings, Figurel shows my device in a vertical position in which the rubbish is to be burned, Fig. 2 shows the device in a horizontal position, and Fig. 3 is a de-- tail plan view'of the U-shaped piece, which acts as a handle or support.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 1, 2, 3, 1, 5 and 6 indicate strips of metal to which are fastened the metal bands 7, 8 and 9 which together form the framework of the burner to which is attached a wire screen of fine mesh. At the under side of the recep tacle when in an upright positionand at one side of the longitudinal axis of the same are located the two wheels which are cheaply and easily constructed of iron bands of'the same character as the longitudinal metal bands. At the outer edge constituting a continuation of the metal strip 1 is an extension upon which the receptacle may rest and by Y which it is held in upright position in connection with the rear support upon the wheels, as shown in Fig. 1. The band 7 also has fixed thereto a piece of metal 10 which forms the bottom of the burner and which has formed therein the sliding bottom 11 which serves as an opening through which to dump the ashes from the device when the rubbish has been consumed. At

'the rear of the device, opposite the metal strip 1, is" riveted to the band 9 a U-shaped piece of metal 12 which extends outwardly and acts as a handle to be used in pushing the device over the ground and which, when the device is in a horizontal position, rests u on the ground and supports the filling end of the device when the same is in the said horizontal position. The lid '13 rests in a groove in the band 9 and is preferably attached atone point thereof by a link of a chain to said band and a link at the other end of the chain is fixed to a point in the lid to prevent the same from being lost.

The operation of the device is as follows: The receptacle is placed in either a vertical or a horizontal position, as shown, with the lid off in readiness to, receive the rubbish. WVhen filled the lid is placed upon the receptacle and the burneris wheeled to any desired place where the rubbish is to be burned. Upon arriving at the desired spot, thereceptacle is put in the position as shown in Fig. 1 and the fire started. When the rubbish is entirely consumed the device is laced in the position shown in Fig. 2 so t lat the ashes may all fall in a heap within the burner, then the sliding bottom is opened and the device turned up in the position shown in Fig. 1 which allows the ashes to fall out of the receptacle.

Havin thus described my. invention, what I CEtllll as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a rubbish burner, a framework attached perforated material, one of said uprights extendin below the body of said framework, a U- aped extension attached to the top bandv of said framework on the op osite side to said extended upright, an

ax e which passes through the lower band of the framework, and wheels mounted on said axle, substantially as described.

2. In a rubbish burner, a frame work formed of bands and uprights,to which is attached perforated materlal, one of said 100 formed of bands and uprights, to which is i uprights extending below the body of said framework, an axle passing1 through the lowermost of said bands avingwheels thereon, a U-shaped extension attached. to

the topmost of said bands, said axle and U-shaped extension being on the opposite side of the framework from said extended upright, and a slidable bottom, substantially as described. I

3. In a rubbish burner, aframework formed of horizontally disposed bands and lowermost band, a U-shaped extension fixed to the topmost band, said wheels and U- shaped extension being upon the opposite side of the framework to said exten ed upright, a slidable bottom, and a detachable top, substantially as described.

4. In a rubbish burner, a framework said extended upright which are attached to an axlepassin through the lowermost metal band and w ich wheels in connection with said extended upright sustain the burner in a vertical position, a U-shaped extension attached to the topmost metal band upon the same side of the framework as said wheels, said U-shaped extension and wheels acting together to sustain the burner. in a horizontal position, a slidable bottom, and a removable top attached to said framework by a chain, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature,.in presence of two' witnesses.

WILLIAM M. JACKSON. Witnesses:

MAY H. RUssELL, WM. Buss. 

